Principal Technical Architect Jobs

Principal Technical Architect
UK

The median Principal Technical Architect salary in the UK is £73,527 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 907 997 1179
Rank change year-on-year +90 +182 -278
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Technical Architect 4 2 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.002% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.002% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 21
10th Percentile £69,310 - £67,927
25th Percentile £70,258 £85,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,527 £90,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.30% - -2.70%
75th Percentile £75,322 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £75,386 - £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% -7.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Principal Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Principal Technical Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Technical Architect in the UK

Principal Technical Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Technical Architect.

Salary trend for Principal Technical Architect in the UK

Principal Technical Architect
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Technical Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +92 4 £73,527 -18.30% 1
London - 3 £72,054 -
Work from Home +80 2 - -
South East +16 1 £75,000 -
UK excluding London -10 1 £75,000 -16.67% 1

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Principal Technical Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Principal Technical Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Coaching
1 3 (75.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture

Principal Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Coaching
1 3 (75.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared